Jul - Aug 2012
Fifty years ago, during our first summer away from Hanover, the realization that we had become part of an extraordinary organism—the Dartmouth family—began to set in.
Class Notes
Fifty years ago, during our first summer away from Hanover, the realization that we had become part of an extraordinary organism—the Dartmouth family—began to set in.
The last summer before we began our trek to become men of Dartmouth passed quickly for most of us. Bobby Lewis’ “Tossin’ and Turnin’ ” was No. 1 on the charts from early July until nearly the end of August. It accurately described our world.
As we returned to Hanover for the winter term with attention still focused on the residual effects of the Cuban Missile Crisis, The Daily D reported that the first large engagement involving U.S.
Fifty years ago we returned to Hanover in January 1962 more confident than we had been in September. You may recall that we were confronted with some interesting moral issues.
Fifty years ago, as high school seniors, we heard President Eisenhower on January 3, 1961, announce that the United States had severed diplomatic relations with Fidel Castro’s Cuba.